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AC9LG2U04: Year 1 Languages Content Descriptor – Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture
AC9LG2U04 Year 1 Languages

AC9LG2U04 – Year 1 Languages: Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

This Content Descriptor from Year 1 Languages provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Content Descriptor

notice that people use language in ways that reflect cultural practices

Elaborations

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    experiencing or simulating a cultural practice, a Karneval parade or a children’s birthday game such as Topfschlagen

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    noticing similarities and differences in cultural practices and stating own reactions, for example, observing how a child beginning school is celebrated in a German-speaking country with a Schultüte or how a German speaker wishes others luck with Daumen drücken

  • • comparing aspects of lifestyles in German-speaking communities and in Australia, for example, ways of playing games, buying or eating food, interacting with family members and participating in school life
  • • exploring symbols and languages used by First Nations Australians and by German-speaking communities in a range of contexts, for example, identifying the colours of flags in German and discussing what the colours represent in English

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 1 ASLANGERF10Y12
Year 1 Languages Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 2, students use German language to interact and share information related to the classroom and themselves. They use cues to respond to questions and instructions, and use simple formulaic language. They locate and convey key items of information in texts using non-verbal, visual and contextual cues to help make meaning. They use familiar words and modelled language to create texts. Students imitate the sounds and rhythms of spoken German. They demonstrate understanding that German has conventions and rules for non-verbal communication, pronunciation and writing. They give examples of similarities and differences between some features of German and English. They understand that language is connected with culture, and notice how this is reflected in their own language(s) and culture(s).